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Bill Wonder's '31 Ford 5-Window Coupe
After selling the Pro Street '31 Ford Sedan he built back in the '90s, William always wanted to get another Hot Rod. . .especially after attending the GoodGuys and Back to the Fifties events.
His latest project was won on E-Bay, calling for a 'Road Trip' to the owner's home some 80 miles north of Green Bay, Wisconsin. . .ending up in a really fun weekend!!
To date, Bill has chopped the top on the Coupe a full four-inches and tacking up any small cracks. Although the ol', steel, Gennie Ford Coupe has its fair share of dents and dings, there wasn't a lot of rust.
The Coupe will sit on a 'Deuce' chassis from Heinzman Street Rods, complete with a four-inch dropped 'n drilled So-Cal I-Beam front axle with hairpins and a Uni-Steer front rack and pinion set-up. Front brakes will include '40 Ford spindles with finned aluminum Buick drums redrilled for 4 1/2" bolt pattern.
Bringing up the rear is a big bearing, 9-inch Ford rear end salvaged from a '58 Ranchero and sporting H.D. brakes and drums to '59 Ford Police car specs. The rest of the suspension consists of So-Cal ladder bars and coilover shocks.
For wheels and tires, Bill selected a pair of nostalgic, 6.75 x 15 Firestone Deluxe Champions from Coker on 15 x 6" American Racing Salt Flat Specials. Out back, and also from Coker, are a pair of 10.00 x 15" Firestone Gum-Dipped Cheater Slicks on 15 x 10" Ford Chrome steel wheels. 2 1/4" whitewalls are featured both front and rear.
To provide power, Bill chose a 354 Chrysler Hemi from a '56 Imperial which originally produced 280 h.p. Bored out to 367 cubic inches, he added a performance cam and a pair of custom-built Lake's headers. The intake manifold is a vintage ML EC6 Edelbrock 6 Deuce Log Manifold with six Ford/Holley 59 series 94 carburetors and Eelco linkage.
This will be backed by a GM 700R4 automatic/overdrive and a 3.89.1 Equa Lok gear set out back.
Inside, Bill has grafted in a dash from a '50, which he narrowed 14-inches to eliminate the huge original speedometer, while retaining the glove box on the right, and clock hole in the center for a flaming chrome skull, which was actually a hitch receiver plug.
The Coupe will run a pair of '34 Ford commercial headlamps, '39 Ford teardrop taillamps, and a Brookville steel firewall, decklid and '32 grille shell will also be used.
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